Unlocking the Mystery of Life
“The scientific case for intelligent design.”
Synopsis
*Unlocking the Mystery of Life* represents a unique programming opportunity for local stations. Its broadcast release coincides with the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history—James Watson and Francis Crick's discovery that the DNA molecule carries hereditary information in the form of a code that many scientists have likened to computer software or a written language. This discovery (announced on April 25, 1953) sparked a scientific revolution. But it also left a fundamental question unanswered: where did the information in DNA come from? How did the software in the cell arise? *Unlocking the Mystery of Life* explores these questions through the stories of a growing number of scientists who no longer believe that natural selection or chemistry, alone, can explain life's origin. Instead, they think that the microscopic world of the cell provides evidence of purpose and design in nature.
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Edited by Timothy EatonShot by Wayne P AllenScored by Mark Edward Lewis
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2003 · Box office
Produced on a $250K budget
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Ed Ragozzino
as Narrator
Fred Pattle
as Additional Narrator
Michael Behe
as Self
William Dembski
as Self - Mathematician
Phillip E Johnson
as Self - Author
Dean Kenyon
as Self - Professor of Biology
Jed Macosko
as Self - Molecular Biologist
Stephen C Meyer
as Self - Philosopher of Science
Scott Minnich
as Self - Molecular Biologist
Paul Nelson
as Self - Author
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2Writers
2Producers
2Other crew
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